Animal Waste Management in the Department of Biological and Agriclutural Engineering
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AWM Lagoon Program

This NC Extension page provides information and links about animal waste management as it pertains to lagoons. This page is presented by the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering in conjunction with the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Waste Management Programs at NC State University.

Photo of lagoon skimmers on the surface of the lagoon.

photo of the instalation of a lagoon cover

animal waste management in the college of agriculture and Life Sciences

Most other waste topic information, waste links, current regulations, and list of events are on the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) Waste Management Programs Site.

Lagoon Design and Management for Livestock Waste Management and Storage Extension Publication EBAE 103-83

Solid Separation of Manure, solids fact sheet

Struvite Crystallizer for Recovering Phosphorus from Lagoon and Digester Liquids

NC-DENR Inventory of Inactive Animal Waste Lagoons in North Carolina

Sludge Management and Closure Procedures for Anaerobic Lagoons
ASAE Paper #004121

Sludge and Nutrient Survey of Inactive Lagoons in North Carolina

Sludge Survey Methods for Anaerobic Lagoons (pdf format)

List of NC Lagoon Clean Out and Sludge Removal Contractors

Liquid Manure Storage Treatment Options, Including Lagoons EXtension.org

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Photo showing an aerial view of a hog farm operation